The creation of this toolkit has been two years in the making as our Centre staff team invested their heart, soul, grit and determination to land on this final product. You will find this a resource that has been structured to include multiple parameters of engagement that involve sharing your personal lived experience (patient) and/or family (caregiver) experience for public disclosure.
The Centre's Betty-Lou Kristy speaks to Inside Halton about the opioid addiction and overdose emergency in Halton Region; and how the pandemic is helping to identify gaps and inequities in the system supporting mental health and substance use challenges.
Opening address for Ontario Peer Development Initiative's Peer Support Strong with MPP Vic Fadeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade; Mary Davis, CEO of Nippissing Mental Health, Housing & Support Services and Betty-Lou Kristy, Director of the Centre for Innovation in Peer Support.
Support House's Centre for Innovation in Peer Support has been working with CAMH on applying a gender- and trauma-informed lens to digital health solutions to support women.
In this 2020 edition of our Impact Report, we reflect on some of our most significant accomplishments of 2019/2020, and also look forward to what next year brings.
To participate, make a 45 second (max) video of your passes, shots, stops, decks, or dangles – no ice needed! Include the hashtags #StickTogether #JBY #YouthMH.
Members of Support House, Betty-Lou Kristy and Emelyn Rozas, join the Ontario Peer Development Initiative (OPDI) in a poignant discussion about resiliency and COVID responses within peer support.
Maria Estrada, Youth Peer Support Worker at Support House, was quoted in the Toronto Star advocating for more youth supports for at-risk youth and those youth with mental health and […]
The Centre for Innovation in Peer Support is delighted to share with you version 1.1 of the validated Peer Support Integrity, Quality and Impact Survey. It has been developed to help […]
